Solanaceae

Description

2500 spp

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families CC BY 4.0

Growing form

shrubs, climbers (no tendrils), herbs

Leaf

Leaves alternate or irregularly arranged; simple, deeply lobed or compound; margin entire but often wavy; no stipule; often stellate hairs

Flower

Bisexual (rarely monoecious or dioecious). Flower: (4-)5(-7) persistent sepals; (4-)5(-7) connate petals; (2, 4,) 5 stamens attached to the corolla; ovary superior

Fruit and seed

Fruit a capsule or a berry subtended or enclosed by the calyx

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families CC BY 4.0

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Observations
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Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Solanaceae
Author
Juss.
Vernacular names
  • koisokasvit (Finnish)
  • potatisväxter (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.39539
Taxon rank
family
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants
Total 43 species